Buncombe County Government, NC Buncombe News Updates, 2 May 2019

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From YouTube: Measles Update May 2019

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Between January 1st and April 26, 2019, there were 704 cases of measles in 22 states across the US. This is the highest number of measles cases reported in the country since measles was declared eliminated in 2000. As of Wednesday, May 1st, there are 3 cases of measles in East Tennessee.
Measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause serious health issues. Measles starts with a high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. Three to five days later, a rash of red spots and bumps starts on the face and spreads down to the rest of the body.
Measles spreads through the air through coughing and sneezing, and can live for up to 2 hours in the airspace where a person sick with measles has been. Measles spreads so easily that if 1 person has it, 9 out of 10 non-immune people close to them will also become sick with measles. Additionally, people with measles can spread it to others starting 4 days before their rash appears.
Measles can be serious in all age groups. One out of 4 people who get measles will be hospitalized. It can be most dangerous for children less than 5 years of age. Up to 1 out of 20 children with measles will develop pneumonia, the most common cause of death from measles in young children. One child in 1000 with measles will develop encephalitis (swelling of the brain), which can lead to hearing loss or other disabilities. And 1 to 2 children with measles will die from it. In a pregnant woman, measles can cause premature birth or a low birthweight baby.
As of May 1st, we are not aware of any measles cases in Buncombe County. However, we must be prepared for measles since we know that our community has a low immunization rate. Because it is so easily spread, measles could spread like wildfire in our community.

Buncombe County HHS is sharing information with medical providers so they are ready to identify, test and appropriately manage suspected measles cases. Our Communicable Disease Control Team is monitoring the situation and is always on-call, 24/7, to respond to reports of suspected cases. Our number one goal is to protect the public’s health.

The MMR vaccine is the best protection against measles. Everyone in our community plays an important role in creating and maintaining the shield of protection that immunizations provide. We continue to urge community members to be fully immunized.

The bottom line is that if your child is not fully immunized, they are at risk for getting measles. If you haven’t already, now is the time to contact your healthcare provider or our immunization clinic to find out which immunizations you or your child might need. Keep yourself and others safe by getting immunized today.

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Between you and me we're first in April, 26 2019, there were 704 cases of measles in 22 states across the u.s.. This is the highest number of measles cases reported in the country since measles was declared eliminated in 2000. As of Wednesday May 1st, there are three cases of measles in East. Tennessee measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause serious health issues. Measles starts with a high fever, coughs, runny, nose and red watery eyes. Three to five days later.

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A rash of red spots and jump starts on the page and spreads down to the rest of the body. Measles spread through the air through coughing and sneezing, and can live for up to two hours in the airspace where a person sick with measles extends measles spread so easily that if one person has it nine out of ten non-immune people close to them will also become sick with measles. Additionally, people with measles can spread it to others, starting four days before their rafts appear. Needles can be serious in all age groups.

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One out of four people who get measles will be hospitalized. It can be most dangerous for children. Less than five years of age, up to one out of twenty children with measles, will develop pneumonia.

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The most common cause of death for measles and young children, one child in a thousand with measles, will develop encephalitis or swelling of the brain which can lead to hearing loss or other disabilities, and one to two children out of a thousand with measles will die from it, and a pregnant woman measles can cause premature birth or a low birth weight baby. As of May 1st, we are not aware of any measles cases in Boston County.

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However, we must be prepared for measles, since we know that our community has a low immunization rate, because it is so easily spread. Measles could spread like wildfire in our community Buncombe County, Health and Human Services is sharing information with medical providers, so they are ready to identify pests and appropriately manage respectively. Both cases, our communicable disease control team is monitoring the situation and it's always on call 24/7 to respond to reports of suspected cases. Our number-one goal is to protect the public health. The MMR vaccine is the best protection against measles.

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Everyone in our community plays an important role in creating and maintaining the shield of protection that any azazel survive. We continue to urge community members to be fully vaccinated. The bottom line is that, if your child is naturally immunized, they are at this for getting measles. If you haven't already now, is the time to contact your health care provider or our immunization clinics to find out which immunizations you or your child might need, keep yourself and others safe by getting immunized.

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